Drawing set



July 6, 1943.

DRAWING SET A. M. DE JOURNETTE Filed Jan. 1942 ATTO/P/Vf) Patented July 6, 1943 UNITED STATES FATENT OFFICE DRAWING SET Alma Mae De J ournette, Atlanta, Ga.

Application January 1, 1942, Serial No. 425,323

2 Claims.

My invention relates to drawing sets and more particularly to those employing erasable pads used in relation to outlines for the production of designs, details and objects.

The purpose of this invention is to provide a drawing set for juveniles who upon being given the outline have only to fill in the details of various objects on an erasable pad.

In the prior art it is a well known practice to provide pictures of. objects which serve as models for duplications by the persons learning to draw or to become artists. This is not, however, always satisfactor for beginners who are under the burden of not only producing the outline but also filling it in. If the outline is not properly made then the details will be distorted.

Applicant has for an object of her invention the provision of an outline of an object with the details omitted but with a space for the insertion of those details and provision for quickly and easily removing the drawn in details from the space.

Applicant has as another object of her invention the association of a plurality of outlines of objects having a common space for filling in details which may be quickly and easily obliterated to facilitate the drawing of other details.

Applicant has as a further object of her invention the provision of a drawing set including a series of outlines, preferably bound together, for use with a single drawing space in such a manner that each outline may be brought into register with said drawing space.

Applicant has as a still further object of her invention the provision of a series of alined outlines having registering openings for cooperation with a common drawing space for insertion of details which may be quickly and easily obliterated therefrom, and which openings are made progressivel smaller according to the respective positions said outlines occupy away from said space.

Other objects and advantages of my invention will appear from the following specification in the accompanying drawing and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the annexed claims.

In the drawing,

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of my improved drawing set. Figure 2 is a cross section of the same drawing set taken along the line 2, 2 of Fig. 1. Figure 3 shows a fragmental plan view of my improved drawing set in open position. Referring to the drawing in detail I designates the cover of my improved drawing set which is bound in book form along the left edge of such cover. This set is comprised of a front cover I, preferably of cardboard or other suitable material, and a rear cover of the same material. These covers are hinged together along one edge at I8 and serve to bind a number of sheets of card.- board or paper together, which sheets are generally designated I9.

On the inner face of the rear cover I1 is mounted an erasable pad of any well known type such as those now generally on the market which consist primarily of a backboard of carbon paper or other material forming a base, a front sheet of transparent material such as Cellophane and an intermediate sheet of opaque material which will stick to the carbon backing at the places marked and record the marking but which, when separated from the carbon base or backing, will obliterate the marking. These pads are well known on the American market and are believed to be covered b Patents Numbers 1,455,579 and 1,555,642. However, this element individually constitutes no part of applicants invention. The erasable pad I6 opens on the outer free edges of the bound marking set, being itself hinged along edge I5 of the pad, which hinge is substantially parallel with the hinge I8 of the book.

The drawing set has a series of pages which are designated progressively away from the drawing pad as follows: I3, II, 9, I, 5, 3 and the cover I.

As shown in Fig. 3, the set is opened with the pad I6 lying on the back I! and the various pages of the book lying opposite thereto. The front cover I is folded around under the back II so that it does not appear in this figure.

It will be noted that each of the pages I3, II, 9, I, 5 and 3 has openings I4, I2, II], 8, 6, and 4 centrally thereof. These openings are aligned with each other and also with the opening 2 in the cover as indicated in Fig. 2. Also it will be noted that these alined openings in the pages and cover likewise register with the erasable pad I6, so that in closed position, as indicated in Fig. 1, opening 2 and cover I overlie slate I6. This is true of each of the succeeding pages 3, 5, I, 9, II and I3. It will also be noted that the openings 2, 4, 6, 8, I0, I2 and I4 in the sheets or pages and cover grow progressively smaller from the back cover I! to the front cover I so that opening 2 and cover I is smaller than Opening 4 in page 3, which is in turn smaller than opening 6 in page 5, which is in turn smaller than opening 8 in page I, which is in turn smaller than opening III in page 9, which is in turn smaller than opening l2 in page H, which is in turn smaller than opening M in page l3. In this way each of the pages and the cover I may provide an outline through its out out portion or opening on the erasable pad and these outlines define, each a space into which the details of the dress may be filled.

Referring particularly to Fig. 1 it will be seen that 22 designates generally the outline of a girl and that the out out portions 2 outline a dress. The details of the dress may be filled in with a pencil or other marking means on the slate l6. Designs of appropriate dresses are shown on the upper part of cover I at 20, 2|. From these designs 20, 2| the artist may fill in like details on the slate I6 making a complete dress. The openings of the subsequent pages 3, 5, 1, 9, II, and I3 are substantially rectangular in outline, the openings 4, l 2 and I4 having straight edges, while the edges of openings 6 and 8 are scalloped and the corners of opening ID are rounded, as shown in Fig. 3. These pages may have outlines of any appropriate articles other than dresses printed thereon which serve as a guide to the artist in filling in the details of the drawing Within the confines of the openings of the respective pages.

It will be understood that applicant is merely indicating by way of example the way in which this invention may be carried out and other arrangements may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. It is, however, desirable that the registering openings in the various pages become progressively smaller as such pages are positioned further from the erasable pad. In this way it is possible to set up the drawing set in such a manner that no portions of the inner pages project across or obstruct the openings in the outer pages when they are in position for drawing on the common pad.

In practice, the designer draws in the details within the confines of the various openings and pages and each time they may be quickly erased lifting or separating the intermediate sheet on the erasable pad thereby obliterating all markings on the pad.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A drawing book comprising front and back covers, a writing tablet secured to the inside of the back cover including a plastic base having an opaque sheet coverin the same adapted to record an impression imposed thereon, and a series of stencil sheets interposed between the front and back covers in superposed relation, said stencil sheets and cover having alined cut out portions defining a drawing field in register with said writing tablet.

2. A drawing book comprising front and back covers, a writing tablet secured to the inside of the back cover including a plastic base havin an opaque sheet covering the same adapted to record an impression imposed thereon, and a series of stencil sheets interposed between the front and back covers in superposed relation, said stencil sheets and cover having alined cut out portions defining a drawing field in register with said writing tablet, the out out portions being successively larger from the cover to the lowermost stencil sheet.

ALMA MAE DE JOURNETTE. 

